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[quote author=Hos Erof link=board=1;threadid=1116;start=30#msg19198 date=1106774883] ok, very interesting topic indeed so when and how does the church decide on these things?? i suppose they dont discuss these things in councils ::) [/quote] Strang…
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oopsie...
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[quote author=helani link=board=1;threadid=1083;start=0#msg18414 date=1106110282] St. Paul mentions this because he and the early church believed Christ would return very soon, as in within a few years. therefore, St. Paul urges Christians to focus …
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Hello all, I think my comments have been been mistaken for a few reasons so firstly I would like to affirm both Jesus's purity from birth to death and freedom from from the passion of the flesh by nature and not by grace and work in the saints. Th…
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May God forgive me if I have spoken of my Lord inappropriatly. I will post more later on. God bless, CS
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Hi Chris, The answer is yes, Christ did have a sexuality, He was a male with a natural sex drive like any other creature. He was the first among virgins so He was trully human and an example for how to be pure while being a sexual being living in …
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I read this recently, I though it might be of some comfort. From the Orthodox Way by Bishop Kallistos Ware: At once it must be admitted that no easy answer or obvious reconcilliation is possible. Pain and evil confront us as a surd. Suffering, our…
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hey chris, Her life story was recorded by her brother St. Gregory of Nyssa: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/macrina.html She is one of my favourite saints so I hope you enjoy! God bless, CS
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[quote author=socoolbishoy link=board=1;threadid=959;start=15#msg17834 date=1105375135] but judgement of people or people in any extent has been withheld from us. I agree... but if you hate a religion you are in a way judging it... and hating its be…
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[quote author=Safaa link=board=1;threadid=959;start=15#msg17767 date=1105295901] The Coptic Orthodox Church has the right from God to test, expose and rebuke every teaching under the illumination of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Bible according to St…
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Hello all, I think this thread has probably got a little heated. I think there is some merit to accusations that can be made against us when people say that we judge others. Its fair to say that we human beings have no right to judge anyone. I t…
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Hello, Well I think we need to remember a few things... The first is why do we marry in the first place? The second is why are we actually here? It is undeniable that God has a plan for us but marriage was created by God so that we could be save…
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Here is a question guys, do you think God makes us responsible for finding a partner and then we can consult Him to see if He agrees or do you think He pre-plans who He wants us to marry? There is a big difference between these two ideas. The churc…
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Hey Guys, I'm about to go out so I'm gonna keep this brief but I think we need to understand a few things about marriage, The first is that in the Eastern rite, they call marriage the sacrament of love, that is its true name and its purpose. If m…
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I think its actually supposed to be: http://www.copticheritage.org/ God bless, CS
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Hi there, I know what you mean and as strange as this sounds, thats the whole idea... You'll hit lows so low that there seems like there is no way out and its at those times that God comes in to save us. It sounds to me like your quite a self-con…
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Hey there, Thats a tough one... The best way to handle things like this is to remember the ways that God helped you in the past when you thought that there was no way out. God knows what our weaknesses are so He very often builds situations and t…
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Hi Sylvia, I think that flattery is (depending on how one uses it) a very good thing. Its important to encourage people to do good thing or to show appriciation for the good things that they do because on a personal level it adds value to them in …
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The coptic church technically only considers saints to be the people mentioned in the liturgy during the commemoration, these are the ones who were officially canonised. We don't have a formal process that examines the life of each saint like the c…
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Hey guys, Just thought I'd add that H.H. mentions Joan of Arc when he talks about roles God assigns to women as a defence against feminism so don't count her out just yet... ;) God bless, CS
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Who izzz going to win zeee egbjian boster ovvv zeee yeeeer? God bless, CS
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There is also one in John, I no longer call you servants but I have called you friends because a servant doesn't know what his master is doing... God bless, CS
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No one voted for LordHaveMercy, we can't lock the thread yet >:( God bless, CS
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Hey there, I'm very sorry about your loss. :'( Sadly there is no quick answer to these kinds of things, there are emotional and psychological factors and involved and the only real healer is time and patience, lots of prayer is required. I'll be…
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I bought a copy for my brother as a present, I've heard its very nice too... God bless, CS
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Is this better? If there are 144,000 virgins and 5 loves and 2 fish, how much extra matter will the Lord have to generate to feed them all? God bless, CS
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Wouldn't this vote make the MOST POPULAR poster of the year? To do a fair test of who is the best you should do it on who answers this questions best... If a train heads towards seattle from Chicago at 70 mph and another heading in the opposite di…
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I'm gonna auction my vote on ebay to the highest bidder, who wants me to vote for them the most??? ;D Actually, do you think the winner will be the one that hustler hates the least? He has 7 accounts? ;) God bless, CS
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Hi aek, This is not negotiable for Chrisitans because one of the things Christ came to restore was the position of marriage. Christ in contending with the Pharisees said what God has joined, let no man seperate! The unity in Christianity is a uni…
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Hi aek, There are two things you are missing here. The first is I am not talking about the one recieving the money, I am talking about the giver and the second as G.J.I. pointed out, charity is something so sacred so that one of our saints Anba Ab…